Burns Family

This information concerns three generations of the Burns family.
1800-2000

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   Andrew Jackson born: (about 1789) in SC/Maysfield, GA/Scotland (?)
married: Elizabeth Watson ( ) in GA
children: Simeon, John Andrew, James Monroe , Andrew Simpson, Harriet Jane [Simms], Melinda Ann [John Marshall Fuller], William W., Cicero Benjamin, Elizabeth Sarah [Lennard], Tomlinson Fort, Richard
died: (September 27, 1849) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA "about 41 years of age"
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA (land donated to church by his widow)
census: On the 1830 census, he was with his wife in Marion County, GA; on the 1840 census, in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 and 1860 census, his widow was in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, she was with her son in Webster Parish, LA
note: His wife's marker states that she was born November 12, 1787, and died September 12, 1885. His marker states that he was born about 1789.

   William A.
(Billy)

 		born: (April 9, 1812) in SC
married: Luranie Ward (September 14, 1829) in Carrol County, GA?
children: Nancy [Ward?], Seaborn B. [Sarah Frances Goggins], Henry Haynes [Frances Elizabeth Penelope Harris], Samuel C. [Margaret S. Huckabee], Mary (Polly) Ann [Thomas J. Palmer]
died: (March 13, 1887) in AR
buried:
census: On the 1840 census, he was in Carroll County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was with his wife in Paulding County, GA; on the 1860 census, he was in Paulding County, GA and his wife was with their son Seaborn B. in Paulding County, GA; on the 1870 census ; on the 1880, he was with his wife in Hempstead County, AR;
note:
caveat: It is NOT proven that William A. Burns was the brother of Andrew Jackson Burns, but there is a likelihood that he was.

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   Simeon
(children of Andrew Jackson Burns and Elizabeth Watson)
born: (about 1818) in GA; remained there
married:
children:
died:
buried:
census: On the 1830 census, he was with his parents in Marion County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA;
note:
   John Andrew born: (February 19, 1820) in GA
married: Lucinda Whitson ( ) in
children: Elizabeth J., Mary Ann [J. O. Haynes], Sarah, John Whitson, Isabelle [Burns], Judge, Ellen [Munro], Sophia [Thomas] [Bailey], Synthia [W. S. Dyke]
died: (October 3, 1918) in LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1830 census, he was with his parents in Marion County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census in _?_; on the 1860 and 1870 census, he was in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880, 1900, and 1910 census, he was in Webster Parish, LA
note: He was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162.
   James Monroe born: (April 5, 1822) in GA
married: (a) Eliza Drucilla Burley (November 19, 1848) in Lafayette County, AR
                 (b) Ann Susan Burley (July 10, 1859) in Columbia County, AR
children: (a) James Monroe Jr, Andrew Jackson, Henry F., William Burke
                 (b) Genio, Byron, Frances Cornelia (Fannie)
died: (December 30, 1870); shot to death by Troy Harrison
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1830 census, he was with his parents in Marion County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was with his first wife in Lafayette County, AR; on the 1860 and 1870 census, he was with his second wife in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, his widow was with her second husband in Hunt County, TX
note: The Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162 (Old Shongaloo) was organized in 1859, chartered in 1860, and forfeited in 1885. During the 25 year period, many members of the Burns family and their in-laws were members of this lodge. The Senior Warden in 1859 was J. M. Burns.
   Andrew Simpson born: (1824) in GA
married: Mary Ann Allen (April 27, 1850) in Columbia County, AR
children: Marcus Cheatam, Louisiana Belle [Fenley], Elizabeth [Dees]
died: (April 5, 1902) in Allentown, Angelina County, TX
buried: Gann Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, TX
census: On the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA;
note: Andrew S. Burns joined the 18th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Company L, in Elysium, Angelina County, Texas, and served for four years. He returned from the Civil War with a leg injury.
   Harriet Jane born: (June 14, 1826) in GA
married: William Britt Simms ( ); he was (1821-1869)
children: William Brittain Jr [Izora Christina Lennard], Cornelia Izora [C. Marshall], Sarah, Elizabeth (1846-1864), Mary C., Harriet Jane, John Thomas (1859-1867), Andrew C. (1856-1863), Lovely
died: (July 21, 1900) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1830 census, she was with her parents in Marion County, GA; on the 1840 census, she was with her parents in Stewart County, GA;
note: Her husband was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162.
   Melinda Ann
(Linnie)
 		born: (1828) in GA
married: John Marshall Fuller (after 1850) in Claiborne Parish, LA
children: L. E., S. F., G. B., M. O. (all females)
died: (1858) in Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1830 census, she was with her parents in Marion County, GA; on the 1840 census, she was with her parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, she was with her mother in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, her husband was a widower in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1870 census, he was in
note: Her husband was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162. His second wife _?_ Price
   William W. born: (1831) in GA
married: (a) Nancy Elizabeth Castleberry ( )
                 (b) Eliza Sikes (by 1867)
children: (a) R. Montgomery, William A., Cicero S., Obediah Jeter, Elvira Elizabeth, Nancy Ann
                 (b) Minnie Cornelia, Mary Etta, and Jesse Monroe
died:
buried:
census: On the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was in Stewart County, GA; on the 1860 he was with his first wife in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1870 census, he was with his second wife in Claiborne Parish, LA; Nancy on the 1880 census, he was a widower in Columbia County, AE
note: He was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162.
   Cicero Benjamin born: (December 6, 1834) in GA
married: (a) Mary Elizabeth Jones (May 1, 1854) in Columbia County, AR
                 (b) Sarah Jane Jones (December 11, 1865) in Homer, Angelina County, TX
children: (a) Malinda Jane, Andrew Clisby, Emily Frances [Kimmey], ◊ Sarah Elizabeth [Jones], and ◊ William Calvin
                 (b) Izora Beverly, James Monroe Benjamin, Joseph Champlin, Harriett Ann [Alexander], Sarah Jane (Jennie) [H. A. Nerren]
died: (January 13, 1906) in Angelina County, TX
buried: Jonesville cemetery, Huntington County, TX
census: On the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was with his mother in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, he was with his first wife in Columbia County, AR; on the 1870 census, he was with his second wife in Angelina County, TX; on the 1880 and 1900 census, he was widowed in Angelina County, TX
note: He was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162. His wives were sisters, the daughters of Clisby Riggs Jones and Malinda VanWinkle; He served in Company G, 6th Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.
   Elizabeth Sarah born: (November 23, 1835) in GA
married: Isaac Lucius Lennard (September 30, 1852) in Claiborne Parish, LA
children: Elizabeth B. (1852), Laura Octavia (1856), Izora Christina (1857) [W. B. Simms Jr], William T. (1858), Lucius Polk (1861-1934), Lecie (1862)
died: (January 24, 1920) in LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1840 census, she was with her parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, she was with her mother in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, she was with her husband was in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1870 census, she was in _?_ LA; on the 1880 census, in Webster Parish, LA; on the 1900 and 1910 census, she was in _?_ LA; on the 1920 census, she was with her daughter Izora Christina Lennard Simms in Webster Parish, LA
note: Her husband was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162. Her son William T. Lennard was in the Louisiana State insane Asylum in East Feliciana Parish on the 1900 and 1910 census.
   Tomlinson Fort born: (about 1837) in GA
married: Mary Ann Haynes (about 1864) in LA
children: John Tomlinson and William Britt
died: (after 1910) in Nevada County, AR
buried:
census: On the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was with his mother in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1860 census, he was unmarried in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1870 census, he was with his wife in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880, 1900, and 1910 census, in Nevada County, AR
note: He was a member of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 162.
   Richard born: (about 1840) in GA
married: no
children: none
died: (1852)
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA; monument inscription: "he died about 12 years of age"
census: On the 1840 census, he was with his parents in Stewart County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was with his mother in Claiborne Parish, LA;
note: He was listed on the 1850 census as age 10 and "idiotic."

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   James Monroe Jr
(children of James Monroe Burns and Eliza Drucilla Burley)

born: (July 7, 1850) in Camden, Ouachita County, AR
married: Mary Elizabeth Bevill (December 28, 1868) in Claiborne Parish, LA
children: Lenora, Benjamin Monroe, James Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Lecy Jane, Marshall Bascom, Indiana Lucretia, Samuel Lamar, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Leona, Willie (?)
died: (December 9, 1943) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Taylor, Columbia County, AR
census: On the 1860 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA;
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   Andrew Jackson
 born: (November 18, 1851) in AR
married: Isabelle "Belle" Burns ( ); his first cousin, daughter of John A. Burns
children: Tina J. (Tiny), John Monroe, Laura, Andrew Clark [Florence Newsom], Isaac Lee, Lynn, Elizabeth, William Henry, Sophie
died: (December 21, 1946) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1860 and 1870 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, he was with his wife in Webster Parish, LA; on the 1920 census, he was with his son Andrew Clark in Webster Parish, LA
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   Henry F.
(John Henry)
 		born: (October 27, 1853) in AR
married: (a) Pollyanna Viola "Linnie" Adams (December 17, 1874) in
                 (b) Sulie Cordelia Allen (after 1900) in
children: (a) Eliza Jane [McDonald], Joseph Warren [Edna _?_], Alberta (Bert) Glass, Fannie [Morgan], Martha [Roseberry], Lola Belle [Perritt], James Monroe
                 (b) ?
died: (December 19, 1929) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Taylor, Columbia County, AR
census: On the 1860 and 1870 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 and 1900 census, he was with his wife in Webster Parish, LA; on the 1910 census he was with his sons Joseph Warren and James Monroe in Webster Parish, LA;
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   William Burke born: (March 3, 1855) in AR
married: Mary Louise Morgan (September 13, 1874) in Columbia County, AR
children: Della, L. Gertrude (Trudy), Ardis Colie, Oscar Byron, Eva May, Maudie, ◊ Edna Lou and ◊ Edgar Drew, Thomas Paxton, Zula D.
died: (October 27, 1929) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1860 and 1870 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, he was with his wife in Webster Parish, LA; on the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census, he was in Webster Parish, LA
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   Genio
(children of James Monroe Burns and Ann Susan Burley)

born: (September 2, 1864) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA
married: John Thomas Wilson (February 8, 1883) in Pleasant Valley, Dallas County, TX
children: Ernest Wysong, Roy Monroe, Susie Elnora [Goldston], Nettie, Leona Blanche [Jones] [Williams], Thomas Jarret, Genio Gertrude [Wood], Fannie Sarah [Rector] [Bressie]
died: (August 8, 1937) in Clarendon, Donley County, TX
buried: Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Donley County, TX
census: On the 1870 census, she was with her parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, she was with her mother and stepfather James Alvin Daugherty in Hunt County, TX
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   Byron born: (July 25, 1866) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA
married: (a) _?_
                 (b) Eurana Wade (?) ( about 1888) in Collin County, TX?
                 (c) Sarah Belle Sales Sims (October 10, 1904) in McKinney, Collin County, TX
children: (a) none
                 (b) Annie Frances [Knight]
                 (c) none except children of Sarah Belle Sales and John H. Sims: Ewell T., Delbert Loyd, Bonnie [Martin]
died: ( December 11, 1922) of gangrene in Wylie, Collin County, TX
buried: His unmarked grave is in the front yard of a house facing the Allen funeral home across the street from Wylie Cemetery, Collin County, TX
census: On the 1870 census, he was with his parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, he was with his mother and stepfather James Alvin Daugherty in Hunt County, TX
note: On the 1900 census of Dallas County, TX, his daughter is enumerated in the household of Jefferson Wilson Trentham as his niece. Either his sister or sister-in-law was Byron's second wife. I suspect her to be Eurana Wade.
   Frances Cornelia
(Fannie)
 		born: (September 22, 1869) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA
married: James Theodore DeGraffenreid (August 27, 1885) in Nelson, Indian Territory (now Choctaw County, OK); possibly living in Paris, Lamar County, TX when she married; his second marriage
children: Susie, Howard Monroe (Bud), Eudora Estelle (Dode), Lula Hannah, Byron Ennis (By), Noble Theodore, Ernest Allen, Oren Lucius, Lee Cruce (Leo)
died: (February 21, 1960) in Oklahoma City, OK; pneumonia following skin graft surgery for burns sustained when her gown caught fire
buried: Antlers, Pushmataha County, OK
census: On the 1870 census, she was with her parents in Claiborne Parish, LA; on the 1880 census, she was with her mother and stepfather James Alvin Daugherty in Hunt County, TX
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   Lenora
(children of James Monroe Burns Jr and Mary Elizabeth Bevill)

born: (September 26, 1869) in Shongaloo, Claiborne Parish, LA
married: Robert H. Dyer (January 26, 1888) in
children:
died: (March 11, 1893) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census:
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   Benjamin Moore

born: (August 8, 1871) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: Mary Willie McCain Walker (January 19, 1889) in
children: Arthur Berry, A. Walker, Mary Addie, Perry, Julius, Fannie, Irvin C., Athalene, Ruth, Marie
died: (August 20, 1948) in Emerson, Columbia County, AR
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census:
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   James Franklin

born: (December 14, 1873) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: Lucy Barnard (August 14, 1898) in
children:
died: (January 1, 1940) in Spring Branch, Columbia County, AR
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Columbia County, AR
census:
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   Sarah Elizabeth

born: (September 21, 1876) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: John E. Sears (December 22, 1892) in
children:
died: (December 10, 1896) near Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census:
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   Lecy Jane

born: (November24, 1879) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: Jesse Barnard (May 7, 1896) in
children:
died: (September 15, 1929) in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
census:
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   Marshall Bascom

born: (June 9, 1882) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: Clemmie Vaughan (February 17, 1907) in
children:
died: (October 4, 1979) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Union Springs Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
census: On the 1900 census, he was with his parents in Webster Parish, LA; on the 1910 census, he was with his wife in Webster Parish, LA
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   Indiana Lucretia

born: (February 20, 1885) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: (a) John Edgar Butts (January 24, 1904) in
                 (b) W. Haynes ( ) in
children: (a)
                 (b)
died: (August, 10, 1976) in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
buried: Western Cemetery, AR
census: On the 1900 census, she was with her parents in Webster Parish, LA;
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   Samuel Lamar

born: (February 24, 1888) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: Corrie Riddle (December 20, 1908) in
children: (a)
(b)
died: (February 22, 1919) in Bodcaw, Lafayette County, AR
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Columbia County, AR
census: On the 1900 census, he was with his parents in Webster Parish, LA
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   Thomas Jefferson

born: (February 9, 1891) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: (a) Ninnie Estelle Kelly (December 18, 1910) in Springhill, LA
                 (b) Leatha Josephine Byrd (June 28, 1934) in Magnolia, Columbia County, AR
children: (a) Sybil Melissa, James Elton, Cleo Maxine, Willis Bevill
                 (b) Thomas Bruce, ◊ Kenneth Odell and ◊ Kendall Orell
died: (December 18, 1979) in Springhill, LA
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Columbia County, AR> census: On the 1900 and 1910 census, he was with his parents in Webster Parish, LA;
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   Mary Leona

born: (September 6, 1893) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
married: Pope Thomas Riddle (December 11, 1911) in
children:
died: (February 3, 1980) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Columbia County, AR
census: On the 1900 and 1910 census, she was with her parents in Webster Parish, LA;
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   Tina J.
(Tiny)
(children of Andrew Jackson Burns and Isabelle Burns)

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   John Monroe

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   Laura

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   Andrew Clark

born: ( ) in
married: Florence Newsom ( ) in
children: Carter
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1920 census, his father was with him and his wife in Webster Parish, LA
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   Isaac Lee

born: (about 1882) in LA
married: Daney B. _?_ ( ) in
children: Bessie, Jessie M., Andrew Jackson, Leroy, Willie D., Pleasant, Margaret
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1910 and 1920 census, he was with his wife in Webster Parish, LA
note:

   Lynn

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   Elizabeth

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   William Henry

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   Sophie

born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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